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sophomoric, a. (and n.) Chiefly U.S.|sɒfəˈmɒrɪk|
[f. sophomore + -ic.]
a. Of or pertaining to, befitting or resembling, characteristic of, a sophomore; hence, pretentious, bombastic, inflated in style or manner; immature, crude, superficial.
1837Harvardiana IV. 22 Better to face the prowling panther's path Than meet the storm of sophomoric wrath! 1852T. Parker Ten Serm. Relig. iv. (1863) 68 Our poor pedant, with his sophomoric wit. 1889W. M. Thayer Life A. Lincoln xxiv. 313 It is quite common for an actor to come upon the stage, and, in a sophomoric style, to begin with a flourish.
b. Of persons. Also ellipt. as n.
1891E. Field Truth about Horace, West. Verse 22 To students sophomoric They'd present as metaphoric What old Horace meant for facts. 1900Speaker 29 Dec. 346/2 A mere sophomoric wordmonger. 1946Auden in Harvard Alumni Bull. 15 June 707/1 The sophomoric Who face the future's darkest hints With giggles or with prairie squints. |